Hester Street Fair is returning for its 13th Season this Saturday and Sunday April 23rd & 24th, at their new location in The Seaport on Pier 17, 89 South St. The team is touting a newly expanded footprint into the adjacent Pier 16 where they will be offering a “food court” with additional seating.
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New and Notable vendors this Season include:
Beauty entrepreneur AXV Beauty is bringing her non-toxic skincare to Hester Street Fair and Queer Candle is giving us the ease we need after a long day of work. We’re upping our vintage game by including archive-designer specialist Lal Vintage and speaking of vintage, we are excited for the upcycled home goods & smoking accessories by Bespoke Smoke Studios. We’ll accessorize further with the personalized and sophisticated jewelry from JoeyBaby NYC which is doing their first-ever pop-up! The kids will be looking fly with super cool eyewear from Brooklyn Malibu and streetwear from Mini Flex Kids. To round out our shopping experience we can’t wait to fill our homes with Juanita’s Plants and Home Snack NYC, while our kitchens get refreshed with Uncle Yankee’s Peppa fresh fruit bowls, Cantina Royal hot sauce, and Bobatea kits from Food Craft NYC.
Returning vendors:
Denim guru Arrrngmnt has a brand new selection of vintage he’s been working on all winter while Preppy Trendy is bringing us her new sister-line Feline Jewelry into the mix. Salassan & EAG Vintage return with their sophisticated and eternally cool selections of clothes and accessories while Theobucket has more amazing vintage ephemera than ever before. The Prince Peacock has upped the size of their tent to include even more handmade and upcycled jewelry and Eden’s Harvest is amping up her table presence to feature more of her precious and nostalgic creations. We are excited for the red velvet return from Sheralyn’s Bakery by Torrin Emory along with the one-of-a-kind jerk banh-mi selections from CMarty’s Jerk.
Opening Weekend highlights include:
We have over 50 vendors to explore each day of Opening Weekend and you can look forward to including Menya Jiro, the award-winning ramen champions who will be serving their “two taste” ramen with sides of dumplings and for dessert we can’t wait for the original cocktail-inspired ice cream selections from Tippled Sweets. There will be a Heineken beer and beverage tent will all weekend long and nearby the beverage tent will be DJ Nas Leber who has dominated dancefloors all across the country and now will be dominating our dancefloor as he makes his debut at Hester Street Fair. We are also featuring Cornell University and NY County Master Beekeeper Tom Wilk who is bringing his selection of local honey and live bees to his booth on Sunday.
Girl Power returns for its 7th year and we’re excited to feature multiple activations from Claw Money along with our annual DJ set from LES Girls Club. We’re bringing back our Pride Market as well and we are planning something extra special for Memorial Day weekend.
